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In this programme Dr Derek Corcoran, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, looks at examples of animal 'societies' and at the brain structure of the species concerned. He shows that... the degree of social learning is associated with the development of the cerebrum. Corcoran discusses one way of classifying human "drives"; (?) it is according to the amount of learning involved. Like other animals, man is seen to possess basic drives derived from tissue needs, but his great capacity for learning gives rise to other drives which are not inborn, but acquired within society.
In this programme Dr Derek Corcoran, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, looks at examples of animal 'societies' and at the brain structure of the species concerned. He shows that... the degree of social learning is associated with the development of the cerebrum. Corcoran discusses one way of classifying human "drives"; (?) it is according to the amount of learning involved. Like other animals, man is seen to possess basic drives derived from tissue needs, but his great capacity for learning gives rise to other drives which are not inborn, but acquired within society.
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Introduction to D100 | Michael Drake introduces D100, the foundation course in social sciences. |
